Class of 2001. I wore the same kind of pseudo-lounge shirts that were popular after Swingers back in 1999. Had the way too long sideburns too. Classic.
братан, я z, и я ненавижу свое поколение, ненавижу все эти соцсети и смартфоны хоть я и вырос на них, но не стоит забывать тот факт что я вырос на фильмах 90-ых 2000-ых, и в моей голове крутится только такая тема, я просто представляю что как бы все люди живут как в 1999 только в 2024 и мне от этого легче, жаль что на самом деле это не так…..
I graduated in 2001 and yes the 90’s were better. People were social and a whole lot nicer. I miss the non-cellphone years. Humanity truly lost something. If I could go back I would. The Matrix came out that year. Now we live in it.
@@an0therdimensi0n99 Billion-dollar corporations use science to make smart-phones addicting while other corporations push adoption of the tech to increase production/output.... the average people are victims not perpetrators.
What I notice is how the relationship between the teachers and kids is so healthy it’s so nice, the teachers for once look happy doing their jobs and enjoy it.
This video doesn’t represent the majority. Trust me. I remember my elementary school days back in 2001. Kids and teachers didn’t get along. And this is supposed to be high school just 2 years prior to that. Yeah, it’s just because it’s the end of the year
@@amuroray9115You were a baby lol. I was actually in high school about this time, and this is what school was like. Of course this was a little more lighthearted being the last day of school. But we actually did have good relationships with our teachers for the most part, especially by the time we were seniors. As long as we acted like young adults, they treated us like it. And our teachers still dressed and acted like professionals (as opposed to teachers wearing t-shirts and jeans to work these days) so the dynamic was just a bit different.
They did enjoy it! But back then, kids were super respectful to teachers. They were told by their parents to respect authority figures. So they did their homework and they weren't assholes. Kids today are assholes. It's poor parenting by GenX. One of my best friends is a teacher and he said the majority of his students are assholes that just refuse to do homework and are disrespectful. So...yeah...how can teachers be expected to love their jobs?
I was 12 at the time, and you have to realize that it wasn't just that people weren't occupied with phones all the time, it's also that, get this, being on camera was a RARE occurrence. It was special. When someone came around with a camera you perked up a little, cracked a joke, or you'd try to hide, etc. Now everyone is filming everything 24/7, and the rare occurrence is when people don't.
So true. I was born in 82. I miss those days. We went out and lived in the moment instead of trying to film every moment. Instead of filming a sunset for Facebook or whatever, we sat on the grass and just enjoyed life.
Not true back then your camera would getting taken by the school. Folks were chill about the camera because it wasn’t common back then. That was a pure luxury item and everyone was amazed by them. The first digital cameras were the size of bricks smh.
Yeah, because everybody just figured the video would end up in a shoebox under somebody's bed and never be seen. Now days everybody is worried it'll go viral and 50M people could end up seeing it.
As someone who graduated in 2015 this looks like such a nice time. Not a phone in sight people actually talking face-to-face, I wish I could have grew up in an era like this.
i graduated in 2015 also and it was mostly like this. stuff like snapchat/instagram was just becoming big but we weren't yet like the kids today who are on their phones 24/7. we still interacted mostly in person
Graduated in 1988 it was better times for most we still had our issues but nothing like these kids are going through today the kids knew there place as did the school. Much better times
I graduated in 2000 and this is how HS was for me. Just imagine, 6 years until RUclips. Facebook is 5 years away. Even MySpace was 4 years away. I didn't own a cell phone until I was 25. It was definitely a different time.
watch the video completely and pay close attention to the differences to the present time, then you will know why it will never be the same again as it was then.
I was class of '98 and it wasn't that much different than what you see here. Huge school. Banter, fun, bullying, fitness - no social media, barely any fat kids, no phones. I feel bad for kids these days. I'll never forget this one girl who would sit behind me and play footsie with me. Looking back, what a golden era.
Dam no wonder why they cast people who are in their twenties to play high school students rather than actual teenagers play high school students because the high schoolers back then looked so much older and the ones now look goofy as hell and look mad young.
@@TJ-tl8ol lol well facts aren't bs but you stupid conservatives deny facts lol. War on drugs a fail facts show war on terror complete fail conservatives kill
Class of 2005 here. I definitely knew what life in 1999 was like for school. It feels very long ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. We talked to each other, had broad rangesof music in the mainstream to listen to, and we were optimistic about the future.
@@trinitylivingston1286 U don't look like a middle schooler u look like someone from your age group. If u look at high school kids in the 50s you'd b surprised how mature they look. A 60 y/o's HS pic own't be the same as yours. Every gen of HSers looks less mature than the one before it
Class of 1998 here! Sheldon Clark High School in Eastern Kentucky. Our years of high school really were the best. We were witnessing technology become socially acceptable but we were all much more happy hanging out, listening to music, talking about any and everything, and just really enjoying life. I miss those days and feel sorry for kids today that they will never know what a life not glued to their screens actually has to offer. Take me back to the 90's, sir! Salute!
Damn.. Makes me so envious. They live in such a peaceful time. Never worrying about a thing. Never rushing to be anywhere. No phones. Everyone is present and everyone is a part of the school... Everyone is kind. Things have completely changed.
I mean, we were still people in those times, so there was a variety of personalities. And this was the last day of school, so it's pretty laid back. And we had busy days sometimes, with packed schedules and such. But you're right-- we were present and didn't have the added stress and distraction of a cell phone constantly trying to pull us away from the real world. And while we have fewer photos from those times (no camera phones), we have richer and deeper memories, because instead of filming and posting things, we were feeling and fully experiencing them.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs Video tape must degrade horribly because the quality of this video looks like something from the early 80s. Not 1999. I should know, I’m 35 years old and I don’t remember video looking this crappy at the dawn of the 21st century. I’m shocked actually. Either that or it was taken on a really old camcorder. It’s bizarre.
@@kconrad5893 I graduated in 99 myself. Theres so much about watching this that seems off, and it's not issues with the capture quality. Theres been few people who look anything like teenagers in 1999. This video feels way more like late 80s. The clothing, hairstyles, its just wrong.
Electrocudead Twitch Right??? Thank you! It’s so bizarre.....maybe it was a really small town or something where they were behind the times? This is not at all the 1999 I remember at all. And what’s even more ridiculous is that these kids who probably weren’t even alive are arguing with me about it.
Wow watching this is almost healing. Im 45 (class of 97) and even though i didnt go to this school it just takes me back to that time. A time of freedom and fun. A time when mom took care of me still. A time when being funny with your buddies and talking with girls was everything. Then life hits and it hits hard, and youre scrambling to keep your head above water. 😄
I almost cried listened to the AP teacher wishing his student well; he sounded like my favorite AP History teacher 😢. I was in HS in 99 and this footage literally felt like I was transported back, if only for 20 minutes. It was a nice trip ☺️
The way they dressed, the way they talked, the way they acted, the way their hair looked, all so different from now. Everyone seemed alot nicer and healthier without social media.
To me from 1990 to 1994 were like 1986 to 1989. Then from 1995 to 1997 were similar to me as for as style goes. Then 1998 to 1999 were the same, in my opinion.
As someone who graduated in 2002, I truly appreciate this time capsule. It is an important video that illustrates how many technological revolutions we've had in my relatively short lifetime - computing, internet, smart phone and generative AI. It is hard to believe sometimes how different my life was then compared to now. I feel like a dinosaur when my young children ask me questions about my youth.
Interesting. Around the time you were a junior, I was barely born. I experienced the 2000s to a limited extent and I remember it fondly, wish I was able to experience more of it
@@HatredInTheFlesh It was a pretty fun time to be honest. It seemed like every day there was a new technological wonder that was fun and interesting to use and we had not yet found ways to hurt people using it. Also, interacting with other people was just the natural state of existence. I feel like it is now less so.
@@locus3392 I just now panned down to the comments and saw someone said something kind of similar but it honestly was the first thing that came to my mind less than a minute into the video, thought it was so cool.. innovative even, well for that time period.
Damn. I don’t know why this came up randomly on my feed, but I do know I got choked up knowing that we no longer know this life. I graduated CVHS in La Crescenta in 2000, & man - those were some of the best days of my life. When I hear people say they hated HS days, I can’t comprehend it - I’d do anything to go back, especially to have the warm chocolate chip cookies during break. 😋
I graduated high school in 1995. I miss those days not just because I was young but because people were normal and not so self obsessed like they are today. I have children of my own and hate the world they're growing up in. The world was a much, much better place in the 1990s.
We kept is touch dude, 90% of my close friends now are high school buddies. Play softball with them every Thursday night. Went to a wedding two weeks ago with like 50 peeps I graduated with.
Look at the freedom and autonomy kids had back then. It's no wonder we're still all so immature in our 30s. We were treated like Toddlers in High School. These kids got to be individuals and wear clothes and just live life.
I graduated High School in 2005. So I was in middle school in 1999 and even middle school was memorable. Everyone socialized outside between the main building and cafeteria building. High School was the same way. Everyone socializing outside. Yes, there was internet and cell phones when I was in high school but it was no where like it is now. Smartphones hadn't taken over yet and people weren't looking down at their phones unless they were about to call someone. I remember we had to use Ask Jeeves when searching for things. lol The 90s were great as a kid. Overall I think that everyone was much happier and more active back then.
You’ll notice that seniors in years past look like adults and are huge! Now seniors in high school look much younger and are relatively smaller/shorter.
@@AS-yd1hk I'm happy to hear that but in my reality (in my school,city etc.) society became more likely to give up on their own personal dreams just to be liked by some "friend" or by stranger in public
Im going to be honest with you. I used to always get annoyed when people said social media was a waste of time. But this video made me realise why, Even in 2010 people still looked like this. i always wondered why the 2000s were amazing and this video made me realize why. Social media and IG sucks. Simple. People are better.
Wow.. I was in high school back then, it’s crazy how much has changed in what doesn’t feel like that long ago, seeing 1999 from 2023 makes it feel so incredibly retro 😂 back then like any era.. it was just normal life, I think things were just simpler and happier though, by a long way.
Their all fully dressed, not looking the same, cute without having to be extra and loud and explicit. Their all just doing them it looks chill and their all just doing their own thing
Yup. Only thing I wish we had back then was camera phones because all I have is like a shoebox of old crusty photos taken with $5 disposable cameras we bought at Walgreens. Hardly any video, imagine having maybe 10 minutes total of video from your entire HS years.
@Ivan Stemberga that's right! In fact, most middle-class households owned a video camera. But they were cumbersome and required cassettes, so people rarely recorded with them unless it was a special occasion. Which is why I said that "being recorded was so rare" :)
I grew up in Covina and West Covina. I started West Covina HS in 88 as a freshman not for long. Ended up in Upstate NY for the rest of my HS years. I came back to West Covina in 93. This was a great time capsule of a familiar place.
Everyone's like: "wHaT aRe yOu DoiNg?" Not realizing this is one of the smartest people to ever live, filming his last day of high school with whatever camera he could use to document moments that would bring back serious nostalgic memories 20 years later...
You Are aware in 1999 he could have easily uploaded this video online right? In '99, there was REAL Player and Ebaumsworld for viewing Videos in MPEG form online.
Guys listen, I graduated in 2011 and I don’t have ANY video footage of my high school days. We had cameras on our phones at that time and mirrorless video cameras were the size of your hand 🤚. This man probably used a video camera that records on a VHS and even if it wasn’t, not many people thought to do this. I’m happy this man has video AND audio of his high school days, especially when not everyone thought to record their last day of high school.
I just realized the reason why most of the kids are saying “ bye, have a good life “ is because most of them wont reconnect like we can today through social media. Times have really changed.
eaflores it’s funny cuz it’s the opposite of what you’re implying. Smoking in high school was much more common back then which makes you look way older. Since there’s more information about smoking now and it’s less accessible, people don’t do it as much.
As someone who was in high school in the late 90s, people were more social back then. Random people would come up to you and strike up a conversation. You don't really see that nowadays. This is why is seems like everyone knew each other back then.
@@AntiMasonic93 frr 😭 i wish people were still social like that. now everyones just anti social and if you didint know anyone from elementary yout screwed like me lol
I entered high school in 2000, no one had phones. When I left in 2004 everyone had them. The exact transition year going into anti-social mode was 2002-2003. That is when ppl starting rejecting phone calls and sending a text instead.
I graduated (different school) in 2011. A much different time, the internet, RUclips & Facebook were very established things. But smart phones were only just starting to become widely accessible, and students in my year hadn’t yet formed unhealthy attachments to their phones. But even then, the effects of the internet were apparent on how we interacted with one another. There was already a little bit of distance and a noticeable lack of presence (comparatively to this video). I can only imagine what it’s like now.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs It makes me sad that I wasn’t In high school at that time, it must have been a blast. I graduated in 2010. I can’t imagine how sad high school must be now.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs well,you did a great job,now we are looking back on You Tube and seeing how society changed and memories.You created a time travel.Thank you for that.I graduated high school in 2003,by the way.
Some of them might be someones mom/dad Some of them might be a politician Some of them might be a karen And some of them might be dead. Thats just how shocking life is.
Vegan World Order you know those middle aged women that like to be incredibly rude at stores and restaurants and asks “can I speak to a manager” for no good reason? That’s a Karen
Full 20 year reunion video available! Watch me catch up with everyone. Check it out on the channel!!
Yo howd you manage to do that
Nice dude
Dad Man Casey is. Totally. I talk to him.
Class of 2001. I wore the same kind of pseudo-lounge shirts that were popular after Swingers back in 1999. Had the way too long sideburns too. Classic.
@Joe Kinchicken Yep. No purple hairs, soy boys, skinny Jeans and cell phones.
I can’t believe these are high school kids... they all look like they’re in their mid-20s here.
Cuz there dressed like 50 year old parents lol
Have you seen 6 th graders today? They look 16. And 16 year olds look 19.
•Mia• lol yes they do. I work in an elementary school and high school . The majority of kids look older.
Because they probably actually went outside...not that they had a choice phones weren’t a thing I guess
Girls now grow into their bodies way earlier now but way more baby faced.
these seniors look like civilized adults, meanwhile the seniors now are just socially awkward and have no idea what they’re doing with their life
kelly ”We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.”
Seniors today are quarantined
Ok Boomer
All dependent on role models and culture
maybe you are just socially awkward and like to think everybody else is too to make yourself feel better
No filters, not staged, not edited with cringy music, no people staring at their phones. Natural beauty.
Weird how new generations can't comprehent that life used to be like that. Glad I was able to grow up like this. I do miss it a lot.
братан, я z, и я ненавижу свое поколение, ненавижу все эти соцсети и смартфоны хоть я и вырос на них, но не стоит забывать тот факт что я вырос на фильмах 90-ых 2000-ых, и в моей голове крутится только такая тема, я просто представляю что как бы все люди живут как в 1999 только в 2024 и мне от этого легче, жаль что на самом деле это не так…..
Grade 12s in 1999: Looking 30
Grade 12s in 2020: Looking 10
Edit: thanks everyone for all the likes.
Why do you think that is though?🤔
@Amar Miller no, this class looks way older than my class. Than even me right now, I'm almost 20.
estrogen and poor diet
@Amar Miller Exactly bc what was young during their time isn't how young during the enxt gen is. The HSers in the 50s look v mature
Proud Canadian it’s because of how they dress and makeup
The 20 year reunion is in October, and I've decided to attend and make "the sequel!" Stay tuned!
Ryan Briggs fye
this got recommended to me right when you pinned this comment lol
@@burx47 haha indeed
Big W
Why was I really surprised when I saw this comment was posted just a few hours ago
I graduated in 2001 and yes the 90’s were better. People were social and a whole lot nicer. I miss the non-cellphone years. Humanity truly lost something. If I could go back I would. The Matrix came out that year. Now we live in it.
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Ur 40 too.. I'm class of 2001 too..
@@kreigkubachi3732 ..i do not..🤣🤣
Same
damn man I'm an 05
Class of 1995 here. The future was so bright. Now it’s so bleak. Smartphones destroyed society.
ahemn,,,the phones require human to operate. WE destroyed society
@@an0therdimensi0n99 Billion-dollar corporations use science to make smart-phones addicting while other corporations push adoption of the tech to increase production/output.... the average people are victims not perpetrators.
Why does high school look so much more disgusting now
@@TheWSYNkatevy153 based zoomer
Maiva La lmao you’re so mad and it’s hilarious
@@TheWSYNkatevy153 girl.... I dont be pulling all nighters like that the reason I'm sad is because school makes me want to literally jump off a bridge
I found poop on the toilet sit 🤢🤮
@@TheWSYNkatevy153 I'd be out
Wow so I guess all Highschoolers WERE 30 years old in the late 90's. The movies were accurate.
LMAO
I was thinking the same thing!!!!!
Literally my thoughts. Bro, all this time, the freshmen actually have been getting smaller and younger
I know why this is the case. As we get older, we tend to see people around our age not grow up.
lol so true. It seems that highschool graduates look younger by the decades
What I notice is how the relationship between the teachers and kids is so healthy it’s so nice, the teachers for once look happy doing their jobs and enjoy it.
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This video doesn’t represent the majority. Trust me. I remember my elementary school days back in 2001. Kids and teachers didn’t get along. And this is supposed to be high school just 2 years prior to that.
Yeah, it’s just because it’s the end of the year
@@amuroray9115You were a baby lol. I was actually in high school about this time, and this is what school was like. Of course this was a little more lighthearted being the last day of school. But we actually did have good relationships with our teachers for the most part, especially by the time we were seniors. As long as we acted like young adults, they treated us like it. And our teachers still dressed and acted like professionals (as opposed to teachers wearing t-shirts and jeans to work these days) so the dynamic was just a bit different.
We did enjoy teaching in 1999.
They did enjoy it! But back then, kids were super respectful to teachers. They were told by their parents to respect authority figures. So they did their homework and they weren't assholes. Kids today are assholes. It's poor parenting by GenX. One of my best friends is a teacher and he said the majority of his students are assholes that just refuse to do homework and are disrespectful. So...yeah...how can teachers be expected to love their jobs?
I was 12 at the time, and you have to realize that it wasn't just that people weren't occupied with phones all the time, it's also that, get this, being on camera was a RARE occurrence. It was special. When someone came around with a camera you perked up a little, cracked a joke, or you'd try to hide, etc. Now everyone is filming everything 24/7, and the rare occurrence is when people don't.
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So true. I was born in 82. I miss those days. We went out and lived in the moment instead of trying to film every moment. Instead of filming a sunset for Facebook or whatever, we sat on the grass and just enjoyed life.
Yes. I graduated in 2002.
born in 88 too eh?
The fact that some of these people could have children in high school right now
Olivia Malus my mom 😭😭
I was born in 1999 when my mom could’ve been in high school... and I graduated a few years ago
We don't! Lol. No kids yet
My great grandmother
My uncle lol his daughter just started 9th grade. So crazy
Back when nobody got pissed getting filmed even the teachers were chill about it
Not true back then your camera would getting taken by the school. Folks were chill about the camera because it wasn’t common back then. That was a pure luxury item and everyone was amazed by them. The first digital cameras were the size of bricks smh.
Leo Rios
Probably because nowadays you can’t go anywhere without having a camera shoved in your face. It’s not that annoying when it’s rare
Also it was the last day of school & they’re seniors so why make a big deal of it
Yeah, because everybody just figured the video would end up in a shoebox under somebody's bed and never be seen. Now days everybody is worried it'll go viral and 50M people could end up seeing it.
@T Mar13 THIS.
As someone who graduated in 2015 this looks like such a nice time. Not a phone in sight people actually talking face-to-face, I wish I could have grew up in an era like this.
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I graduated high school in 2016, I don't know where you went but it wasn't that much different from this lol
I'm 40 now but still grateful! My sophomore year was ending that day.
i graduated in 2015 also and it was mostly like this. stuff like snapchat/instagram was just becoming big but we weren't yet like the kids today who are on their phones 24/7. we still interacted mostly in person
Graduated in 1988 it was better times for most we still had our issues but nothing like these kids are going through today the kids knew there place as did the school. Much better times
I graduated in 2000 and this is how HS was for me. Just imagine, 6 years until RUclips. Facebook is 5 years away. Even MySpace was 4 years away. I didn't own a cell phone until I was 25. It was definitely a different time.
why do i feel like everyone had a crush on the “furby” girl
xenia pajo what girl
@@yasmin3643 did u even watch the video lmao???
She was so pretty omg
random commenter I skipped through iy
random commenter it
Everyone seems more socially calm and skilled. Now everyone’s minds and scrambled and are awkward. Me included .
BRYAN351 you know what I’m taking your advice
lmao its their last day of highschool. Of course everyone is in a great mood and conversing. Use some context clues buddy
Hawkaholic He’s literally recording people who aren’t used to being recorded and they could care less
BRYAN351 ok daddy
Guy Ain’t it
I miss the 1970's - 1990's. Best 3 decades of human history ever. Never to be repeated.
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50s through the 90s. They had that individual era and the 90s was the last. ( class of 92) The 2000s are all the same.
50s and 60s must have been pretty great too. Music weirdly had two peaks: 60s and 90s
watch the video completely and pay close attention to the differences to the present time, then you will know why it will never be the same again as it was then.
@Baneslayer No, nothing has changed since the 90s, don't group that decade with the 80s and before then.
I was class of '98 and it wasn't that much different than what you see here. Huge school. Banter, fun, bullying, fitness - no social media, barely any fat kids, no phones. I feel bad for kids these days.
I'll never forget this one girl who would sit behind me and play footsie with me. Looking back, what a golden era.
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cute hahahahaha
U saying “ bullying “ like it’s a good thing and “ fat kids “ like it’s bad, tells me exactly what kind of person u are
@@abownovayou found him out!
@@abownova You have a very surface view of life and are probably the reason why reality is a shithole for kids at the moment.
Dam no wonder why they cast people who are in their twenties to play high school students rather than actual teenagers play high school students because the high schoolers back then looked so much older and the ones now look goofy as hell and look mad young.
Hamilton Champagne wait the people in this Video are actually Highschool Students?!
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@@xTheParadox99 yes. Yes they are. 😂🤣
@@xTheParadox99 my first thought was that it was their last day of college but they really are in high school.
Hamilton Champagne yeah I thought that too 😂 holy shit, time really changes fast. I am 20 and look like 15 👀
Even the trees and grass looks 1999
Squarion well that’s when global warming wasent so bad n not so many animals were going extinct the earth was thriving and now it’s dieing
I don't know why but I started laughing my ass off when I read this comment. 🤣😂
Hamilton Champagne the global warming part or the trees and grass part?
Tori that’s the most bs i’ve ever read 🤣
@@TJ-tl8ol lol well facts aren't bs but you stupid conservatives deny facts lol. War on drugs a fail facts show war on terror complete fail conservatives kill
I graduated in 1999. It was such an amazing time! Miss those days.
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Class of 2005 here. I definitely knew what life in 1999 was like for school. It feels very long ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. We talked to each other, had broad rangesof music in the mainstream to listen to, and we were optimistic about the future.
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I like how no one is trippen that he’s recording & no girls yelling “ omgggg don’t post that” lol
Only because there was no where to post.
A 56k modem would have been uploading this for days
Some of them don’t seem too happy about being recorded lol
Ok boomer
Mark Dinero cuz girls now care too much about what they look like
not a phone in sight, everyones just vibing
Yes ,,, it’s like society fuckin regressed instead
I mean yeah....it’s 1999.
Those were the days
Quinton Mills yeah but your on your phone...
They had no choice :/
Social media and internet ruined the world. I'm glad I had the opportunity to live a portion of my life to recognize that.
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everyone here looks like already established mature adults lol.
Paul Watso I thought the same. I thought They looked older for some reason
@@TheAdrenaline85 I like to think people are more well-preserved with preservatives and thats why people seem to look younger longer
Lol and I'm already 2 years out of high school and still look like a middle schooler. I thought this wasn't high school though but college.
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@@trinitylivingston1286 U don't look like a middle schooler u look like someone from your age group. If u look at high school kids in the 50s you'd b surprised how mature they look. A 60 y/o's HS pic own't be the same as yours. Every gen of HSers looks less mature than the one before it
Here come all the “I wasn’t supposed to be born in this generation🥺”
This was only 20 years ago. Hahahaahaa!!! Whos going to comment that here? 5 year olds? LoL
Honestly in my opinion, growing up in the 90s probably seemed easier than it is nowadays!
Sanfrancisco yeah, if youre white.
What a boo hoo
This is so true. Life seems much harder now. Back then, we had more freedom.
Class of 1998 here! Sheldon Clark High School in Eastern Kentucky. Our years of high school really were the best. We were witnessing technology become socially acceptable but we were all much more happy hanging out, listening to music, talking about any and everything, and just really enjoying life. I miss those days and feel sorry for kids today that they will never know what a life not glued to their screens actually has to offer. Take me back to the 90's, sir! Salute!
Yep, Grad of 99. We went too far.
Class of 99 as well, and yes, most people were happy and enjoying life. Today, I see a lot of miserable people. We are not getting the 90s back.
Damn.. Makes me so envious. They live in such a peaceful time. Never worrying about a thing. Never rushing to be anywhere. No phones. Everyone is present and everyone is a part of the school...
Everyone is kind. Things have completely changed.
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Bad news: everyone was NOT kind.
And this is the year Columbine happened elswhere
I mean, we were still people in those times, so there was a variety of personalities. And this was the last day of school, so it's pretty laid back. And we had busy days sometimes, with packed schedules and such. But you're right-- we were present and didn't have the added stress and distraction of a cell phone constantly trying to pull us away from the real world. And while we have fewer photos from those times (no camera phones), we have richer and deeper memories, because instead of filming and posting things, we were feeling and fully experiencing them.
I can assure you we still had places to rush to and many worries and not everyone was kind. 😅
Why do people say that😒
Bro people acted so different like they all listened with no distractions and everyone was more social even the quiet kids damn
They acted pretty much the same way today
quiet kids are quiet because they’re afraid of judgment, ig it’s because these students are more mature.
STEPHANIE PEREZ not really..?
@@stephanieperez7314 We'd just rather observe then take action sometimes
Technology changes culture, get over it
I guess the 2000’s stereotypical movies were right after all.
check the horror movie comment lol
Haha thats what i thought. in 2,3 scenes my brain really told me for 1 second this person was one of that actors. Its so 1:1 america back then.
USA 2000s school movies
Yes that's what came to my mind first
If you doubt it probably you are under 20
That time was harmonious
I'm suffering too much in 2023
My time right here..i graduated in 2001..no cellphones no stupid social media, just ppl talking in person n enjoying each other, not over text..😭😭
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They all look like 20 something year old actors playing highschool students in movies or TV shows.
Keon Facts Lol 😂😂😂
It seriously makes me wonder why teens in the 90 look older, just got done watching one of these from 2009 and I swear those kids looked hella younger
Keon true
Whh oops restated this. Yes you're Soo right
Samantha Bell it seems every generation looks younger and younger. I’ve noticed this in my high school and other videos as well.
I always forget that’s it’s the camera, and everything didn’t ACTUALLY look this grainy
Exactly right. You're one of the few who get it.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs Video tape must degrade horribly because the quality of this video looks like something from the early 80s. Not 1999. I should know, I’m 35 years old and I don’t remember video looking this crappy at the dawn of the 21st century. I’m shocked actually. Either that or it was taken on a really old camcorder. It’s bizarre.
@@kconrad5893 I graduated in 99 myself. Theres so much about watching this that seems off, and it's not issues with the capture quality. Theres been few people who look anything like teenagers in 1999. This video feels way more like late 80s. The clothing, hairstyles, its just wrong.
Electrocudead Twitch Right??? Thank you! It’s so bizarre.....maybe it was a really small town or something where they were behind the times? This is not at all the 1999 I remember at all. And what’s even more ridiculous is that these kids who probably weren’t even alive are arguing with me about it.
Me too lmao
Wow watching this is almost healing. Im 45 (class of 97) and even though i didnt go to this school it just takes me back to that time. A time of freedom and fun. A time when mom took care of me still. A time when being funny with your buddies and talking with girls was everything. Then life hits and it hits hard, and youre scrambling to keep your head above water. 😄
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The jocks back then looked like actual Chads
Skinny jean soyboys today? Tragic.
I’m a athlete trust me I’d rather be a athlete in that generation.
That’s why they’re the image of Chads lol, that’s what they really looked like.
It's Glendora, the whole city is filled with Chads.
Damn im a senior and i feel like seniors i know would look like freshmen to them
I was like "oh 1999 so this was like 10 years ago.. Oh wait-"
Time flies
The Y2K ruined everything.
Glad I'm not the only one still getting used to the 2010s
@@possumhead2812 It's 2020 lol
Ikr
Same here
Just found 14+ VHS and Hi8 tapes at my grandmas place, currently converting them all to digital. It’s so precious!
I almost cried listened to the AP teacher wishing his student well; he sounded like my favorite AP History teacher 😢.
I was in HS in 99 and this footage literally felt like I was transported back, if only for 20 minutes. It was a nice trip ☺️
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The way they dressed, the way they talked, the way they acted, the way their hair looked, all so different from now. Everyone seemed alot nicer and healthier without social media.
@@mamas.boy_4885 Can someone translate that?
Noah Fox you only see a portion of the school population. the ppl he chose to put on camera
sends2aaron I You’re SPED ASH
Columbine
Denzel Dickenson this was post columbine tho
Ye I can't even imagine how 2100 seniors are gonna act
Zombified prisoners most likely
they finna speak morse code or some shit
Big T Daddy bleep bleep blooooop.
That means yikes
They're gonna look like babies 👶
The earths probably not gonna be habitable by then
The year I was born. It's so weird having a 2000's childhood and being able to recall a world without internet
so nice - to see people not glued to their phones. good times back then.
1999 is definitely totally different from 1990
Yeah it takes a few years after the decade starts for the trends and culture to kick in.
June Amarillo That is 100% accurate.... I have always thought the same thing! Lol
To me from 1990 to 1994 were like 1986 to 1989. Then from 1995 to 1997 were similar to me as for as style goes. Then 1998 to 1999 were the same, in my opinion.
911 ruined everything
Carbeeezy That is strangely accurate.
As someone who graduated in 2002, I truly appreciate this time capsule. It is an important video that illustrates how many technological revolutions we've had in my relatively short lifetime - computing, internet, smart phone and generative AI.
It is hard to believe sometimes how different my life was then compared to now. I feel like a dinosaur when my young children ask me questions about my youth.
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Interesting. Around the time you were a junior, I was barely born. I experienced the 2000s to a limited extent and I remember it fondly, wish I was able to experience more of it
@@HatredInTheFlesh It was a pretty fun time to be honest. It seemed like every day there was a new technological wonder that was fun and interesting to use and we had not yet found ways to hurt people using it. Also, interacting with other people was just the natural state of existence. I feel like it is now less so.
Cool. My graduation year. 1999. So relatable it’s not even funny.
Actually makes me wanna cry and laugh at the same time.
THANK YOU for this 🥺😌
Were all just people on social media complaining about how social media has ruined people
LIL Neckrope It’s not that bad lol
Jenny Quigley Woah you're too woke
RUclips can actually be beneficial depending on what you watch
Marc D in terms of meaningful physical communication it kinda is.
Believe me, if there was smarrphones or internet in the 90s they would be the same as us.
Dude was ahead of the curve, was vlogging before it was even a thing...
stolen
@@locus3392 I just now panned down to the comments and saw someone said something kind of similar but it honestly was the first thing that came to my mind less than a minute into the video, thought it was so cool.. innovative even, well for that time period.
Of course you vlog with hand held cameras back then. Doing 10 second random snippets only became popular with the rise of camera phones
Eric and Dylan were the real vloggers
Nope, he wasn't the first one - ruclips.net/video/EZJAtkqiV8U/видео.html
Damn. I don’t know why this came up randomly on my feed, but I do know I got choked up knowing that we no longer know this life. I graduated CVHS in La Crescenta in 2000, & man - those were some of the best days of my life. When I hear people say they hated HS days, I can’t comprehend it - I’d do anything to go back, especially to have the warm chocolate chip cookies during break. 😋
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I graduated high school in 1995. I miss those days not just because I was young but because people were normal and not so self obsessed like they are today. I have children of my own and hate the world they're growing up in. The world was a much, much better place in the 1990s.
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This feels nostalgic despite me not even existing during this time.
You still don't exist you fake account
thats called anemoia my friend
RiddleBoxRanger exactly!
god your young, lucky
L V ok
Nobody on mobile phones. Must be a good time to live in.
Yura yeah because you had to pay for minutes 😂
Yeah they all probably never kept in touch after high school.
We had beepers
Yep, I had a pager.
We kept is touch dude, 90% of my close friends now are high school buddies. Play softball with them every Thursday night. Went to a wedding two weeks ago with like 50 peeps I graduated with.
Look at the freedom and autonomy kids had back then. It's no wonder we're still all so immature in our 30s. We were treated like Toddlers in High School. These kids got to be individuals and wear clothes and just live life.
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I graduated High School in 2005. So I was in middle school in 1999 and even middle school was memorable. Everyone socialized outside between the main building and cafeteria building. High School was the same way. Everyone socializing outside. Yes, there was internet and cell phones when I was in high school but it was no where like it is now. Smartphones hadn't taken over yet and people weren't looking down at their phones unless they were about to call someone. I remember we had to use Ask Jeeves when searching for things. lol The 90s were great as a kid. Overall I think that everyone was much happier and more active back then.
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You’ll notice that seniors in years past look like adults and are huge!
Now seniors in high school look much younger and are relatively smaller/shorter.
Aerone Flores yea its crazy
Aerone Flores idk what school you’ve been to but the boys are Giants
Cuz of the dad clothes
Aerone Flores dude they all look so tall also!!
Come to the Netherlands you will call us huge people
These people are very mature compared to today’s seniors
Angelo Tornabene actually they seem the same to me but that is opinion, people stick out their tongues less and interact similarly
I’m a senior and I agree we are on a whole other level they seem very mature 😭
true that
Times were different back then.
The seniors all just smoke pot and vape in the bathroom. Hell thats what everyone (including me) does xD
I'm 48. God i miss this it hurts ...
We had no idea how good we had it
Yeah Yes Then It All Went Pear Shaped Within A Matter Of Time
HE SAID LET ME SHOW HOW GIRLS WERE BEAUTIFUL BACK AT THIS TIME, MY MAN KNEW
😎
amir sabbagh natural and no makeup,Plastic surgery or filter.....
Those girls actually looked way better than the ones at my highschool
@@r3remesus336 all these girls are wearing makeup u weirdo
@@r3remesus336 um high school kids dont have plastic surgery and you must be crazy to think that nobody had plastic surgery in the 90's fuck off
Man how I miss the 90’s. Every time I see these videos, it makes me want to go back more and more. What a wonderful time it was!
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These people aren't even acting cool or awkward, they're just being themselves
You?
@@Randive yep.only thing is i left school year earlier i just couldnt stand this bullshit tiktok people and awkward small talks
@@cucuraki5913
ay its all online now tho
tik tok is cringe never gonna download it still havent
@@AS-yd1hk I'm happy to hear that but in my reality (in my school,city etc.) society became more likely to give up on their own personal dreams just to be liked by some "friend" or by stranger in public
Im going to be honest with you. I used to always get annoyed when people said social media was a waste of time. But this video made me realise why, Even in 2010 people still looked like this. i always wondered why the 2000s were amazing and this video made me realize why. Social media and IG sucks. Simple. People are better.
Wow.. I was in high school back then, it’s crazy how much has changed in what doesn’t feel like that long ago, seeing 1999 from 2023 makes it feel so incredibly retro 😂 back then like any era.. it was just normal life, I think things were just simpler and happier though, by a long way.
They all are giants wtf, now all the highschoolers look like middle schoolers
It's those GMO'$
Luke Stang I say this all the time, before the 2000s everyone looked like an adult.
Harry Gerry Nah bro the average height of men has actually been increasing
Luke Stang all seniors look like adults
Right ?like wtf
0:54
“see how beautiful the girls were back in this time.”
aw that was so cute 🥺
erica nobody asked but cool
Chris Godsey that’s cool but no one gives a shit if you asked 😋
Chris Godsey i asked
@@chrisgodsey8481 shut up
Their all fully dressed, not looking the same, cute without having to be extra and loud and explicit. Their all just doing them it looks chill and their all just doing their own thing
Its crazy cause i remember growing up how kids just wanted to be older and now it seems like everyone just wants to go back to a simpler time 😢
I REALLY MISS THE 90S
dammit, why did I have to get stuck with the high school generation of snapchat and fortnite.
I feel that
Facts
Fr
Faded excuse u what about apex
Yup. Only thing I wish we had back then was camera phones because all I have is like a shoebox of old crusty photos taken with $5 disposable cameras we bought at Walgreens.
Hardly any video, imagine having maybe 10 minutes total of video from your entire HS years.
I wonder how they would feel then if they knew random slobs like me would be watching this at 2am eating cookies
Beatrix Pennyweather We're good!😂
😂 fucking facts
Don’t forget people that just slammed a drink and enjoy these videos.
Lmaoo
Beatrix Pennyweather 😂😂😂😂
They are so alive, smiling at the camera, talking to each other. Dude, I can't believe that people would be like that...
Just discovered this hidden gem ❤! I’ve always looked forward to buying yearbooks & having friends to sign them back then 😊!
I don't know any of these people, but seeing this video makes me miss them.
Awesome.
lol same
😂
Same
Samee
Why do the people in this video look like in a movie when everyone in “high school” looks 30? 😂😂😂
Lmfao I was looking for this comment..
so trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Teens of today look like they’re in middle school. if anything these teens look normal and the 18 year olds of today look 13 lol
High school students looked old back then. I was in high school in the late 90s and times were very different compared to now.
i think that the camera quality makes them look a little older
No one had addicting cell phones as distractive devices. Much better times back then.
Brings me back to the good ol'days of alternative rock, skateboarding, hanging out with friends and just having a good time.
back when being recorded was so rare that if someone put a camera in your face you'd smile and be very nice.
thespawner seriously, back when teachers and other people on campus didn’t mind as much
@Ivan Stemberga that's right! In fact, most middle-class households owned a video camera. But they were cumbersome and required cassettes, so people rarely recorded with them unless it was a special occasion. Which is why I said that "being recorded was so rare" :)
Yeah lol high schoolers nowadays would just be like; you can follow me on instagram @
I'd always give the peace sign, lol.
@Ivan Stemberga But that's still not the same as today, where literally everyone with a smartphone has a video camera in their pocket.
Why do people back then look older in high school than they do now... preservatives?
Right?? I see this in all schools though. Middle schoolers also look way more mature then they used to.
xanadu’s b1tch this person is saying high schoolers look older here than they do now
I see the middle school kids walking home from school and they’re soooo short! They’re literally like 4 ft I’m not kidding
Maybe cause these kids were always chilling outside and people now are in their phone in the room all day. Sun aged their skin probably.
Maybe the water lol I’m 20 and they still look way older than me
I grew up in Covina and West Covina. I started West Covina HS in 88 as a freshman not for long. Ended up in Upstate NY for the rest of my HS years. I came back to West Covina in 93. This was a great time capsule of a familiar place.
Ahh yes... a time where there was no tik tok dancing
not a single renegade was in sight
The ahh yes always gets me 😂💀
I WAS LITERALLY DANCING WHEN I SAW THIS COMMENT LMAAOo
Everyone's like: "wHaT aRe yOu DoiNg?" Not realizing this is one of the smartest people to ever live, filming his last day of high school with whatever camera he could use to document moments that would bring back serious nostalgic memories 20 years later...
yes this was cool....makes me think I should have done the same....
Please, relax.. it was 99 not 49.
You Are aware in 1999 he could have easily uploaded this video online right?
In '99, there was REAL Player and Ebaumsworld for viewing Videos in MPEG form online.
Guys listen, I graduated in 2011 and I don’t have ANY video footage of my high school days. We had cameras on our phones at that time and mirrorless video cameras were the size of your hand 🤚. This man probably used a video camera that records on a VHS and even if it wasn’t, not many people thought to do this. I’m happy this man has video AND audio of his high school days, especially when not everyone thought to record their last day of high school.
@@CDeeez94 Digital Camcorders were still relatively New in '99.
I just realized the reason why most of the kids are saying “ bye, have a good life “ is because most of them wont reconnect like we can today through social media. Times have really changed.
I wish I was born older genration!
is it just me or did kid look older back then. My high school class look like complete babies
I noticed this trend too, the graduating class 5 years before me was taller and looked more mature lol,
Lmao ikr
Probably all the new chemicals in the water and food supply.
eaflores nah there was way more pollution back there
eaflores it’s funny cuz it’s the opposite of what you’re implying. Smoking in high school was much more common back then which makes you look way older. Since there’s more information about smoking now and it’s less accessible, people don’t do it as much.
seems like everyone knows each other and just casually greets, i’m so jealous
dja yeah
sammmeee
As someone who was in high school in the late 90s, people were more social back then. Random people would come up to you and strike up a conversation. You don't really see that nowadays. This is why is seems like everyone knew each other back then.
damien Smith 🥺🙂🥺 thats so sweet
@@AntiMasonic93 frr 😭 i wish people were still social like that. now everyones just anti social and if you didint know anyone from elementary yout screwed like me lol
Damn I wish I was alive in the 90s, it looks so pure
I loved the ephemeral nature of everything when nothing was connected. We lived in the moment and somehow it made us more genuine.❤
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Let's all thank RUclips for recommending us this video.
@Idk Jocelyn! It's because we're all gay... Wait 😳
Oh yeah yeah
RUclips is satan
I kind of wish I grew up in a generation with no phones
I entered high school in 2000, no one had phones. When I left in 2004 everyone had them. The exact transition year going into anti-social mode was 2002-2003. That is when ppl starting rejecting phone calls and sending a text instead.
Of Air N' Sea just outta curiosity as someone 9yr younger then u do u consider yr self a millennial or an Gen Xer
@@fbbfan9476 Being born in 86, I do not feel like a millennial by any means.
Of Air N' Sea millennials were born 1981-1995, gen z is 1996-?
Ok boomer
I graduated in 2000, everything about this video brings me back to high school wow. This is great stuff Briggs.
I graduated (different school) in 2011. A much different time, the internet, RUclips & Facebook were very established things. But smart phones were only just starting to become widely accessible, and students in my year hadn’t yet formed unhealthy attachments to their phones. But even then, the effects of the internet were apparent on how we interacted with one another. There was already a little bit of distance and a noticeable lack of presence (comparatively to this video). I can only imagine what it’s like now.
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Now it's a bunch of zombies
I’m so glad he decided to film school. He must be so glad he did.
I am. I had no clue anyone other than my friends would enjoy it.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs It makes me sad that I wasn’t In high school at that time, it must have been a blast. I graduated in 2010. I can’t imagine how sad high school must be now.
99 Things with Ryan Briggs well,you did a great job,now we are looking back on You Tube and seeing how society changed and memories.You created a time travel.Thank you for that.I graduated high school in 2003,by the way.
Yeah, it’s crazy to see what highschool was like before Covid. Even before I was born lmao
1990s was the best time period in human history. Just enough technology, but not too much to take over your life.
80s and 90s were amazing lol
@@angelsantos8459 ok boomer
@@mitcHELLOworld Ok Zoomer
This
80s all the way.
Aw man. I was just finishing the 9th grade in June of 99. What a fantastic time. Thanks for posting this.
Social without the Media.
This is the most 1999 thing I’ve ever witnessed
EpicGift no not really
I think the most 1999 thing I experienced was my first time inside a plane and enjoying it
Looks like an episode of friends lol
Some of them might be someones mom/dad
Some of them might be a politician
Some of them might be a karen
And some of them might be dead.
Thats just how shocking life is.
deep
that went dark.
They could be someone’s teacher
Somebody’s doctor
Some could be in prison
Possibly missing
What is a "karen" ?
Vegan World Order you know those middle aged women that like to be incredibly rude at stores and restaurants and asks “can I speak to a manager” for no good reason? That’s a Karen